Lauren Bushnell - Bachelor 20 - Discussion - #6

This type of Bachelor fame can fade, so he might as well take advantage while he's still semi relevant, in a couple years the opportunities will go to all the new bachelor's...

sweeti810 wrote:

BKay wrote:I really think I would milk the opportunities too. The ones who don't shill as much may simply not NEED the income. who knows. But for as long as they have the popularity to do it, I say go for it. But, I'd advise that they stay aware that it's not forever and then let it go gracefully when their turn is done. And hopefully they will have banked alot for leaner times.

Or maybe they don't really like/use every product they're offered to promote, so they don't want to falsely advertise. Many of them, Lauren included, seem to promote whatever is thrown their way. For example, Lauren promoting Sugar Bear hair the day she got it instead of waiting to see if it actually worked. Another thing, Lauren's insta ads have pretty much tripled  since the break up. Since she is just now promoting FabFitFun boxes, hair gummies, etc., it would't surprise me if that was an issue in their relationship. Maybe that's how she wanted to make a living, but Ben wanted her to have an actual job/purpose. I definitely believe he would have supported her choosing the lifestyle blogger route, but she half-assed it. All JMO.

I completely agree. IMO I can see that being a point of contention for them. Ben going to work, Lauren complaining about it, while still not spending her free time doing something of purpose. Sorry honey, that's how most normal relationships work. I don't know, I can see that being the case for them.

I am guessing that Ben complained about plenty of things. Ben's way or the highway IMO. Fortunately they both seem happy and moving forward. And according to Lauren they are on good terms. Onward and upward for Lauren IMO.
JMO

Seabear wrote:I am guessing that Ben complained about plenty of things. Ben's way or the highway IMO. Fortunately they both seem happy and moving forward. And according to Lauren they are on good terms. Onward and upward for Lauren IMO.
JMO

Once again, I agree with you! Pretty much everyone from this franchise,...even favorites with well established careers like Ashley & JP ...generate revenue from SM promotion. Every. Single. One. Of. Them.

If anyone wants to throw Lauren under the bus, well, you are going to have to hoist it high to fit everyone else under too.

I listened to about 8 minutes of Ben and Ashley I, and thought, wow he is a tool.

Good luck to Lauren.

FLChica wrote:

Sprite wrote:

hae1001 wrote:He isn't on a 4th show.

No, he finished his 4th. Kaitlyn's season of the Bette, his own season of the Bachelor, HEA with Lauren and the Disney Special. Now he is on the podcast with Ashley I.

And - because this is Lauren's thread - she filmed three of the four shows with him. Now she is shilling promoting SodaStream, has her blog, is an IG "influencer" etc. So many opportunities have come Lauren's way, thanks to appearing on three reality shows with Ben! She's no longer limited to passing out peanuts and Pepsi products to surly airline travelers. Sad about the $80K ring though.

And Lauren has never said a thing against taking all of these opportunities.

My comment was about Ben doing his fourth show (fifth with the podcast), because a poster said, that Ben had said something about not leaving his day job for this franchise and its fleeting opportunities, when he is IN the franchise full on. That Ben is somehow better than Lauren and other shillers, when he has done more shows than others and shills amongst the rest of them. Jmo

I'd like to point out a couple things Lauren has liked on SM today.

Earlier she snapped herself watching Wheel of Fortune. Someone tweeted her "Can I just say I fully support @LaurenBushnell3 with the low key shade, snapping Wheel of Fortune while Ben H. is on Family Feud. YAS girl." The Family Feud episode was a rerun and when she posted, it was still early and the Bachelorette hadn't even started on the west coast. FF came on after. Whatever Lauren.

Then on my following section on IG I see Lauren liked a comment someone left under Ben's picture from 7 or 8 weeks ago. It was of him and a friend fishing in Florida during his business trip. A girl commented "really nice meeting you at the marina."

This could've been an accidental like, who knows. It still shows she's reading through comments under his pictures from weeks ago. IMO, SM-wise and in interviews, I think she's trying to show that she's so over it, she's moving forward, happy, doesn't care what he does, better off without him..when this shows the opposite. A bit obsessive over her ex IMO. I called it weeks ago that there would be this very subtle shade coming from Lauren after the breakup.

Maybe Lauren is throwing subtle shade BUT Ben is outright shading Lauren on that brain cell killing podcast he does with Ashley I. Ben has an ego the size of outer space and he clearly thinks he is the best thing since sliced bread IMO. His whole bit on partying with Shaelin was ridiculous. IMO.
Poor Lauren.
JMO

Yeah... idk. One openly talks about Lauren and throws overt shade at her on a weekly podcast with her supposed Franchise friend. Oh, and then he goes and parties with his ex two seconds after the break up, with his other friends making jokes about making out all over the world. The other snaps a pic of Wheel of Fortune and likes a comment about yet another fan girl draping herself all over Ben (which honestly bugged me too. I know he liked the attention, but set some boundaries, dude. You were supposedly an engaged man.) Big difference and big whoop, imo.

I don't see how Lauren's pretending she's happy/doesn't care/better off. I think it's been clear even before the breakup, as well as after, that she's still hurting. There have even been articles saying so. Just because she's not lying in bed crying all day, it doesn't mean she's not still struggling with this whole thing. Ben's the one whose hurt I don't really buy at all. He seems more relieved than upset IMO, and it shows who was more invested in their relationship. JMO.

the comments on Ben's instagram post...a lot of talk back and forth...

I think Lauren's dad finally went to have a look he liked one of the comments "im_a_ggirl_in_hawaii@katie.portelli life on the show is not the same as when they got done with rhe show. They were already having a hard time with the negative from the public. They both said that the last night of the season. So the negative from the public could have added to the fuel. Nobody but them know what wemt wrong"

I wish he'd block those people. They're still trying to say he was seen making out with his ex and talking about an old IG picture from Shaelin. Annoying.

IMO, let's not forget how Lauren embarrassed Ben, her then finance, by party and got drunk and dance in bikini, almost every weekend before their breakup. Some would say because Ben brought out her worst self, but imo, she has her fair share in this failed relationship. Being such a fake character was the major issue than Ben being egoistic, imo.

She flirted with guys when they were supposed to be still engaged.
He partied with the ex AFTER breakup.
Who is more embarrassing? IMO, definitely Lauren Bushnell.